upright|thumb|The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.
The governor of Sikkim is the head of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is appointed by the president of India and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim. There are 19 governors if governors with additional charge also counted.
Powers and functions
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals.
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad.
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
List
;Legend
- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
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! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(borndied)</small>
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| B. B. Lal<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1975
| <br/>1981
|
| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|-
! 2
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 3
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Kona Prabhakara Rao<br>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1985
|
| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 4
| 70px
| Bhishma Narain Singh<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Bihar
| <br/>1985
| <br/>1985
|
|-
! 5
| 70px
| T. V. Rajeswar<br/>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>1985
| <br/>1989
|
|-
! 6
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| S. K. Bhatnagar<br/>
|
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
|
| rowspan="2"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 7
| 70px
| <br/>Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani <br/><br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1994
|
|-
! 8
| 70px
| P. Shiv Shankar<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1994
| <br/>1995
|
| rowspan="3"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 9
| 70px
| K. V. Raghunatha Reddy<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1995
| <br/>1996
|
|-
! 10
| 70px
| Chaudhary Randhir Singh<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>1996
| <br/>2001
|
|-
! 11
| 70px
| Kidar Nath Sahani<br/>
| Delhi
| <br/>2001
| <br/>2002
|
| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 12
| 70px
| V. Rama Rao<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>2002
| <br/>2006
|
| rowspan="3"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 13
| 70px
| R. S. Gavai<br/><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2006
| <br/>2006
|
|-
! 14
| 70px
| V. Rama Rao<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>2006
| <br/>2007
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Sudarshan Agarwal<br>
| Punjab
| <br/>2007
| <br/>2008
|
| rowspan="2" | Pratibha Patil
|-
! 16
| 70px
| Balmiki Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2008
| <br/>2013
|
|-
!—
|—
|Position Vacant
|—
|<small>9 July</small>
2013
|<small>20 July</small>
2013
|11 days
|—
|-
! 17
| 70px
| Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil<br />
| Maharashtra
| <br />2013
| <br />2018
|
| Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 18
| 90x90px
| Ganga Prasad Chaurasia<br />
| Bihar
| <br />2018
| <br />2023
|
| Ram Nath Kovind
|-
! 19
| 89x89px
| Lakshman Prasad Acharya<br /><small>(born 1954)</small>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br />2023
| <small>31 July</small><br />2024
|
| rowspan="2" | Droupadi Murmu
|-
! 20
| 70px
| Om Prakash Mathur<br />
| Rajasthan
| <br />2024
| Incumbent
|
|-
|}
Oath
"Ma, [Governor's Name], Ishwar-ko naam-ma shapath linchhu ki ma nishtha-purvak Sikkim-ko Rajyapal-ko pad-ko karyabhaar samhaalnechhu (athava Rajyapal-ka karyaharu-ko nirvahan garnechhu) ra aaphno purai kshamata-le Sambhidhan ra kaanoon-ko samrakshan, suraksha ra pratiraksha garnechhu ani ma aaphulaai Sikkim-ka janta-ko seva ra kalyan-ma samarpit garnechhu.
See also
- Sikkim
- Chief Minister of Sikkim
- Governors of India
External links
- The Raj Bhavan